I just watched an entire episode of Game of Thrones and not one single character got sexually assaulted.

Ed Note: I haven’t gotten any comments or, really, any hits since posting this but I thought I should clarify that I don’t find this funny (as I typically write humor, I can see how someone would assume that) but rather surprising in a good way. The producers have been leaning on sexual assault for too many characterizations of late, and while I do think it’s an effective if disturbing way of showing that women in the society portrayed are basically property I’m glad they chose not to depict sexual assault in this episode because it’s getting to be gratuitous rather than illustrative.

4 thoughts on “Unbelievable”

Given the context of the post, I can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic or not. 😉 But, I’ll say anyway, yes, you should watch it! Just not around your children or anyone who may be bothered by gratuitous sex and violence. I’m getting a little fed up with how much sexual assault there is in the show (they’ve both added it to scenes in the books that didn’t exist and turned consensual sex scenes from the books into rape scenes for the show, which really bugs me) but I get that it’s being used as a tool to show the viewers who the bad male characters are. I just wish they’d do it in another way on occasion.

Also, I’d recommend reading the books before the TV show. It’s a long, long slog (5 books and counting at 1000+ pages each), but Martin’s a great storyteller and you can really get sucked into it. There are also about a million characters, so knowing what goes on in the books actually helps you follow the TV show better.

I was being serious–I’d like to see the show–although I’m with you on the assault thing. I love edgier shows, but I could do without that. Maybe I’ll have to check out the first book. I don’t mind 1000 pages as long as they’re 1000 good pages. 🙂

It’s great, but I will warn you that it’s a total grim-as-fuck medieval soap opera style epic fantasy with about a bajillion characters and everyone so serious all the time. If that’s not your thing, you may have some trouble getting into it. But let me know what you think!